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VMware Tools 10.3.x installation fails on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 because of missing requirements #185

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icnocop opened this issue Jun 3, 2019 · 5 comments
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VMware Tools 10.3.x installation fails on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 because of missing requirements #185

icnocop opened this issue Jun 3, 2019 · 5 comments
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icnocop commented Jun 3, 2019 •
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Hi.

The VMware Tools 10.3.x installation fails on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 because of missing requirements.

VMware Tools 10.3.x requires Microsoft Windows update KB2919355 on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

See https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/55798.

Otherwise the following appears in the packer log:

WARNING: Error 1603 was returned by: "d:\setup.exe" /S ...

The VMware Tools setup log contains the following error:

ERROR: OS compatibility requires update KB2919355

builder type: vmware-iso
VMware ESXi 6.7.0
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arizvisa commented Jan 3, 2020 •
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@icnocop, I assume that also means win2016-standard-*.json, right? Does this issue also include win2008r2-*.json?

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arizvisa commented Jan 3, 2020

The reason I mention it is because the KB article includes Win7, but VMware Tools appears to be installed on all my W7 VMs, so just wondering how far back I'd need to go.

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icnocop commented Jan 7, 2020

The VMware KB article mentions that Windows 7 must have SP1 installed in order to install VMware Tools.
Are you running at least Windows 7 SP1?

The same applies for:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 is required.
  • Windows Server 2008, SP2 is required.
  • Windows Vista, SP2 is required.

The Microsoft Windows update KB2919355 is required only for Window 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

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I think this issue is closed by PR #243

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It it doesn't, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

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@arizvisa arizvisa added the bug A bug in the way that a template is built or provisioned label Jun 12, 2020
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Merge pull request #243 from arizvisa/GH-185
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Install Windows Update KB2999226 on platforms which require it, and refactored vmtool.bat to use the executable directly for installing the VMware tools.

Closes issue #185.
arizvisa added a commit that referenced this issue Jun 12, 2020
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Merge pull request #243 from arizvisa/GH-185
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Install Windows Update KB2999226 on platforms which require it, and refactored vmtool.bat to use the executable directly for installing the VMware tools.

Closes issue #185.
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